Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
Information about benefits can be found here.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
The City Brand Management Team is the marketing function responsible for leading and driving plans that serve the brand and business in a global key city for Nike. Our goal is to know & serve inspiration, innovation and enablement to unlock the power of sport for every athlete*.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for a Brand Marketing Soccer Lead to join our Nike NYC Brand Marketing team. The NYC Brand Marketing Soccer lead will be responsible for creating and managing our seasonal brand plans, always-on priorities, and relationships while collaborating closely with North America and Global functional and city partners. This role will focus on driving the marketplace amplification, strategy & execution of Global Soccer priority concepts in New York.
The ideal candidate is forward-thinking and curious, can innovate with autonomy, is attune to our ever-evolving consumer trends, and has deep knowledge of the soccer landscape in NYC and beyond. This individual will also have a proven track record of leading with a clear vision and strategic attitude, thrive in a collaborative environment, be able to lead multiple projects, and be able to build strong working relationships across a matrixed organization.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As a Brand Marketing Lead for Soccer in NYC, you are responsible for bringing our seasonal brand plans to life - work that will drive brand strength, fuel consumer demand, and strengthen our daily connection with members. Leading with insights, you will obsess how to make our brand, product, and services resonate with our Soccer consumer, while driving a networked offense across Global, Geo and City Teams.
As the NYC Brand Marketing Soccer Brand Lead, you will:
- Create and develop seasonal brand marketing plans
- Partner with key cross-functional team members to define, adapt, extend, and execute key experiences for consumers and members
- Manage on-the-ground relationships in the city with key consumer, community and grassroots soccer organizations
- Pioneering new ways of unlocking an always-on grassroots soccer proposition to complement seasonal priorities
- Manage and foster collaboration throughout the Consumer Code process to engage with our key cross-functional partners.
- Support an end-to-end process, with strong organizational skills
- Compile and unpack insights from consumers
- Oversee product integration into seasonal programming
- Manage asset development and distribution across multiple channels to ensure purposeful and choreographed storytelling
WHAT YOU BRING
- 5+ years’ experience in consumer marketing or related experience in retail marketing and/or digital brand marketing
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Communications, or combination of relevant education, experience and training
- Extensive knowledge around the Soccer landscape and culture
- Deep passion and understanding of the Soccer consumer, trends, modalities, product, sources of influence
- Excellent internal relationship-building skills with ability to influence working teams and key partners, gaining sponsorship and buy-in from many levels
- Excellent external relationship-building and management skills with ability to forge strong partnerships that extend the impact the brand has on the consumer and local communities
- Strong written, visual, and verbal/presentation skills
- Experience working within teams and a team-first mentality
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, agile culture—someone who embraces and leads through change and ambiguity
- Digital marketing acumen and creator-led content experience
- Ability to balance creativity with organization and subject area in fast moving, ambiguous environment
- Fluency reading consumer data and crafting measurement and optimization plans
- Strong project management, problem-solving, and analytical thinking skills
- Detail oriented. This position requires someone who can build plans, presentations, and keep the team moving cohesively in the right direction
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
